Domestic staff, three others paraded for allegedly killing doctor in Kogi

The Kogi State Police Command on Tuesday paraded a domestic staff, Abdul Abu for conspiring to rob, rob him of N1.6 million and kill his boss.

According to reports, Abu was employed as a domestic worker by a medical doctor, Yahaya Jibrin, in Ankpa on March 27, 2019.

Abu was paraded alongside his alleged acomplices Abduwahab Jibrin, 40; Suleiman Idris, 25; and Christopher Attah, 40.

32 other suspects were paraded for various crimes ranging from kidnapping to armed robbery, cultism and cattle rustling.

The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Busari, who paraded the suspects at the command headquarters in Lokoja, said Abu was employed by the doctor as a domestic worker.

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According to him, the doctor was a member of a local thrift society and Abu was aware that it was his turn to collect N1.6m contribution from the society.

“The doctor and Abu went to collect the money and brought it home. Later, Abu asked for permission to go and bathe, but he instead contacted his gang members, who stormed the doctor’s residence, killed him and stole the money, which they shared N400,000 each,” Busari stated.

Abu, however, denied any involvement in Jibrin’s death, adding that the doctor was too nice to him and he could not have had a hand in his death.

“Doctor was a very good person; he never owed me; he even helped train my children in school. How could I have contemplated let alone organised his death?” the suspect querried.

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